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HP to Kill Dell with Linux PCs

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MadPenguin.org; By Matt Hartley
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HP selling Linux PCs? Surely this must be a mistake? Not necessarily, as Dell has demonstrated that there is a niche market of people who are full-time Linux users, but the lack of time to 'test out' various hardware with a Live CD, configure wireless cards and so on can be too much. Considering the enormous amount of competition between Dell and HP, seeing HP jump on the Linux bandwagon only makes sense for them. I guess that means they will hopefully stop using those awful Broadcom wireless chipsets they are so fond of.

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The Broadcom POS Bob_Robertson 5 2,554 Sep 6, 2007 8:37 PM

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